In April I will be participating in a two day Malifaux tournament featuring 24+ players from Vancouver BC to Portland, OR. This is the second year of the annual tourney and it's an absolute blast!

The rules are one master for the entire weekend (additional Henchman are allowed), and a 50ss "pool" to pick from at the beginning of each match. The campaign is a storied campaign and all strategies are predetermined at the beginning of the first day, opponents are assigned first at random then by overall point rankings. Throughout the tourney you CAN NOT pick the same scheme twice. Last year games were 25ss, 30ss, 40ss, 35ss, 45ss, 30ss, 25ss. Because its a storied campaign (trying to track Dr. Tilinghast and his beast to find his secret soulstone vein) there are minor objectives each round that don't help towards your VP but give you a bonus in your next match (free + on a flip, or instead of a (2) interact your first one is (1), or an interact free).

Last year half the field brought Sonnia, this year looks like about half are bringing Lillith.

Whew....

With all that and me being a new Marcus player (I took Rasputina last year) I was hoping for some advice on what I should take for my 50ss. Last year there were not too many forests, but who knows this year. So far I was thinking:

Marcus,
Kaeris
Student
Gunsmith
Sillurid x2
Mole x2
Night Terrorx3

With either Slateridge Mauler or another Sillurid +Desperate Merc for the last 7? Or something different altogether?

Please any advice is a HUGE help.